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If we lose biodiversity, we will not address climate change or hunger, warns report

Envirotec Magazine

If we continue to lose biodiversity, the world’s most vulnerable people will not be able to adapt to climate change nor sustainably produce food, according to a report released on 7 October by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). We know that large-scale agriculture threatens biodiversity.

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A Guide to Six Greenwashing Terms Big Ag Is Bringing to COP28

DeSmogBlog

All these methods work to improve the soil, reduce air and water pollution, cut emissions, and boost biodiversity. These big ag entities often link regenerative agriculture to carbon storage in the soil. Nature-based Solutions Often associated with: trees, offsets, soil sequestration, conservation, nature-positive.

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Gas sensor network provides early wildfire detection

Envirotec Magazine

By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth. The firm says it is now gearing up to secure Series A funding, spurred on by being named as a finalist in Greenbackers’ 26 for COP 26 program, which connects startups with climate-focused investors. percent of the GDP of the USA.

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Looking back on the future

Envirotec Magazine

A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read. Her work with an NGO on the Pacific island of Vanuatu has made her mindful of what might seem an incommensurable cultural and psychological gulf between indigenous groups and the formalities that perhaps hold sway in a modern, western-dominated forum like COP.

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Looking back on the future

Envirotec Magazine

A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read. Her work with an NGO on the Pacific island of Vanuatu has made her mindful of what might seem an incommensurable cultural and psychological gulf between indigenous groups and the formalities that perhaps hold sway in a modern, western-dominated forum like COP.

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A resolution to restore our natural world in 2023

Business Green

Tony Juniper reflects on the outcome of the COP15 Biodiversity Summit and what is now needed to deliver on the agreement signed by governments in Montreal. nJanuary is a time for new beginnings and new resolutions to drive self-improvement, and that applies to nations just as much as individuals.

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'This is a crucial 12 months': CCC demands stronger UK net zero efforts in 2022

Business Green

Having officially taken the reins of the COP Presidency in Glasgow, Alok Sharma and his diplomatic team are now tasked with steering global climate discussions over the next year ahead of COP27 in Egypt, and the CCC today urged the UK to lead by example with ambitious climate efforts at home. of warming by the end of the century.

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